Social anxiety across ethnicity: A confirmatory factor analysis of the FNE and SAD

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 680-685

  Melka, Stephen E ^a   Lancaster, Steven L ^a   Adams, Lynette J ^a   Howarth, Elizabeth A ^a   Rodriguez, Benjamin F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Factor analysis; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955586021     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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